168 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Whittle, Fiji. i8° 50' 30" s., 178 25' 30" e.O 

 v Whytohee, see'Napuka of the Paumotii archipelago. 21. 



Wiak, see Schouten. 



Wiakow, on the north part of the outer ring of Egum atoll, Trobriand group. 

 9 20 30 s., 151 58 E. 



Wild, of the Admiralty group; 0.7 m. long. Named for J. J. Wild, artist on the 

 Challenger. i° 55' 10" S., 146° 40' 56" E. 



Willaumez, now ascertained to be a part of New Britain. Named for one of the officers 

 of D'Entrecasteaux, Ensign on the Recherche. 



William IV., see' Ant of the Andema group, Caroline islands. 



Williams, one of the Tiri islands off Vanua levu, Fiji. 16 24'45"s., 1 79° 06' 22" E.O 



Wilson, islet off Blanche harbor of Mono island, Solomon islands. 



Wilson, see Ifalik, Caroline islands. 3. 



Wilson, a name of the Duff islands, so called because seen by Captain Wilson, Sep- 

 tember, 1797. 

 ' Wilson, see Manihi of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



Wittgenstein, see Fakarawa of Paumotu archipelago. So named by Bellingshausen. 21. 



Woahoo = Oahu, Hawaiian islands. Old English name found on charts with Owhyhee. 



Wolea or'Ulie, Caroline islands, was discovered by Captain Wilson in the Duff in 

 1793. Wooded and inhabited atoll 0.7 m. in diameter, with 22 islets. North end 

 7 23' 30" n., 143 57' E. 3. 



Woles, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands. 



J Wolkonski, see Takurea of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



Woodlark, see Murua, Kiriwina group. 



Woodle, see Kuria of the Gilbert islands. 



Woody, opposite Entrance island in Torres strait. io° 40' s., 142° 20' E. 



Woody, islet in Arembo bay, on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Woody, see Panaman of the Louisiade archipelago. 



Wostok, a form of Yostok. 



Wotja, the westernmost islet of Odia atoll, Marshall islands. There is much con- 

 fusion with a similar name in the Romanzow atoll. 



Wotje, Odia or Romanzow, of the Marshall islands, extends 29 m. E-W., with a width 

 from 6-12 m. There are 65 islets on the reef. Christmas harbor, of Kotzebue, is 

 m 9 28 09 N., 170 16 05 E. O. 



WottO, of the Marshall islands, was discovered by Captain Shanz of the Russian 

 navy. It is 18 m. long and 4-12 m. wide. io° 05' n., 166 04' E.O 



Wrack, in the Bismarck archipelago. 3 15' s., 154° 31' E. 



Willi or High, on the northwest coast of Roua, Louisiade archipelago; 1.4 m. E-W., 

 300 ft. high; inhabited and cultivated. n° 42' S., 154° 02' E. 



Wyer, a form of Waier, Torres strait. 



Wytoohee, see Napuka, Paumotu archipelago. Disappointment islands of Byron. 



Yaba, islet in Banare bay, on the northwest coast of New Caledonia. 



Yabwat, see Jabwat, Marshall islands. 



Yaga, of the Kiriwina islands. 



Yakimoan, islet northwest from Panawina, Louisiade archipelago. 



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